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I am considering applying at some MFE schools. I am trying to determine what additional education / certifications / experience I may need to get into a top school like Baruch. I have a few BS degrees with a 4.0 GPA (yes, I know, multiple degrees can hurt me because it may seem like I don't...

I read on Baruch's website that all offers of admission will be made by April 15th. Since that is this Sunday, and since today is Friday, does that mean that all interviews will have to be done by today?

I have a question about what exactly Essay A and Essay B are looking for. Essay A asks to discuss how my background will help me achieve my goals and be successful at CMU. Essay B asks to give my background in finance, computer science, math, and statistics, with a detailed discussion of my...

I am considering applying to Baruch and Carnegie Mellon for the 2012 school year. I know Baruch's deadline is April 1st, and accept / reject letters are sent out by April 15th. I also know that CMU's deadline is April 23rd, and accept / reject letters are sent out by June 18th. Even though I...

I have a question about being accepted to UC Berkeley's MFE program during round 4. I went from a hold status to a waitlist status in round 4, and I am currently taking their pre-program courses, in hopes that they'll accept me by the time classes start. (The pre-program courses end the week of...

Does anybody know what the housing situation is like for the UC Berkeley MFE program? I am on the waitlist (will be doing the 3 pre-program courses shortly), and I have no idea if I need to find a place of my own if I get in (which I'm hoping doesn't happen like 1-2 weeks before the actual...

Has anyone gone through UCB's 3 pre-program courses in past years? If so, could you please write a little bit about how the courses went? Thanks.

I am enrolled for UCB's pre-program statistics course. One of the recommended textbooks is "Time Series Models"by Andrew C. Harvey. It was a pain to find this book online to purchase, but I found a copy on Amazon for a reasonable price. However, I just got a notice from Amazon stating that my...

Does anybody know the exact start and end dates for UC Berkeley - MFE for the 2012-2013 school year? I only see the 2011-2012 calendar on their website.

Has anybody who has applied for UCB MFE during round 4 (i.e., I believe the application deadline was September 1, 2011) for the 2012-2013 school year received any acceptance letters? If so, did you have a phone interview during the past couple of months? I have been told that the last letters...

When does the application form for the 2012-2013 school year begin? Also, when are decisions made by?

I just took the GRE yesterday, and I was blown away by the difficulty of the math questions on the test. I had prepared for an entire year, and I made a concerted effort to do "hard" GRE math problems, but the amount of time it took to solve the "hard" math GRE problems that I saw was...

I have the GRE tomorrow, and I am going to submit one of my scores to Baruch. I have read that the Baruch GRE code is 2012. Is this the institution code, or is it the department code? If it is the institution code, what is the department code (and vice versa)? Thanks!

I have the GRE coming up this Saturday. Since I don't see this information posted anywhere on ETS's site, I was wondering, do you have to select the schools that you want to submit your GRE to at the time you take the GRE? I am still indecisive about what schools to apply to (or even which...

Hi, I have been reading recently that quants should start considering risk and trading roles, as opposed to the typical "quant" roles. Given this, what schools and degrees would you consider for the risk and trading sectors? I have been reading a lot of disparate information regarding the...

I have a question about the required education to become a quant nowadays (post-2008 financial crisis). I am seeing a lot of differing opinions on this, and contradictory information from job search websites. I would like to become a quant, and I believe this would be the best application of...